Originally Posted by
Frank717
Thanks. By no means was I trying to draw internal strife within your own ranks. I have many great FOs who are here and want to be there (FedEx), and I think they deserve it. K4 is great, for a old multi-furloughed guy like me getting in the last few years, but there is better out there. ACMIs serve a purpose, and many hold our own primary customers.
But, this one is different and scary for pilots, even at Atlas. They don’t want to be flying your freight on your routes for their pay. They want the opportunity to go to FedEx and get your pay to do it. And it’s more than “they should just stop”, they still have to put food on the table and fight their own (losing) battles with management.
Scope prevents AA from handing their feeders A320 for the current pay. Smart regional guys see scope as a positive, long term, career security. If this long term contract is allowed to continue, next year it will be 2 more planes, and so on. It’s not only the pilots, but mechanics and other airline jobs that depend on holding that line.
I understand your points. Let me add some clarity.
1.) Half of AA passengers fly on regional airlines not airplanes operated by AA pilots. This is similar at all three legacies.
2.) Code share international agreements have demolished the highest paying seats at all 3 legacies.
3.) The airplanes being flown by Atlas and Western Global is triggering scope penalty payments to all FedEx pilots. We received one penalty payment and we will receive more when the contracts are over (the big checks). When AA/UA/DL outsource they don't get penalty payments. This is monetary penalty is what prevents FDX from doing this on a large scale. Its not “for free”.
It appears many haven’t read the communication sent out by the Scope Committee a few weeks ago. I read it and it adds a lot of clarity on this subject. It sounds like many others need to start reading it.